Does anyone know if the USB JIG to reset the flash counter and fix bricked phones used with the international galaxy s2 version will work with ATTs version of the galaxy s2?
Thanks.
I guess I was on the assumption that the same USB jig I used for my captivate will be the same? If not for the other sgs2's is it different? I thought I had read that the captivate USB jigs worked on the international version. I guess we will find out come Sunday.
I assume they will be the same, I just ordered one from ebay. Never needed it with my captivate, I've had it since the first week it was released and flashed to may roms to count with no problems.
I read in the European forum that it does work but. Also something about putting a resistor in series between a certain connector and the pc. Had to do with flashing something. The details escape me.
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it will probably still work to force it into download mode, as for reseting the flash counter we'll have to wait and see.
Unfortunately, I had no luck with the captivate jig on my i9100. It didn't go to download mode for me. Not sure if this will apply to the AT&T version or not.
xfosx said:
Unfortunately, I had no luck with the captivate jig on my i9100. It didn't go to download mode for me. Not sure if this will apply to the AT&T version or not.
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I ordered the jig from Mobile Tech Videos that was supposed to work with the AT&T SGSII, but no luck in getting it into download mode.
Mine worked. It measures at 302.1k.
!(wired)?(coffee++)wired);
Vibrant
I have one that work with Vibrant T959
I just tested and it worked with both the AT&T version and the i9100 as I have both.
miller7796 said:
I ordered the jig from Mobile Tech Videos that was supposed to work with the AT&T SGSII, but no luck in getting it into download mode.
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I just received mine from Mobile Tech Videos and it worked as expected. Turned off SGSII, inserted JIG, download mode appeared, custom binary count is zero, removed, powered up phone and the yellow triangle is also gone.
Well worth the $9 even if you only use it in case you ever need to return or exchange the device.
cliffgardner said:
I just received mine from Mobile Tech Videos and it worked as expected. Turned off SGSII, inserted JIG, download mode appeared, custom binary count is zero, removed, powered up phone and the yellow triangle is also gone.
Well worth the $9 even if you only use it in case you ever need to return or exchange the device.
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Same with the one I paid $ 4.90 for off of Ebay, just powered off the phone, plugged it in while driving home, phone instantly went to download mode with a message of Download Update.zip removed. I pulled the batter and no more sgsII i9100 and yellow triangle on my att sgs2. It was weird to see i9100 there for an i777 lol but well worth it in my opinion.
But having rooted and unlocked as well as saving the efs folder was nice and not having that yellow triangle feels better.
HTH,
Charlie
Just ordered my jig to reset the flash counter the only question I have been unable to find an answer to is whether or not I need to revert to stock before using the jig or can I use it with CM7 installed already?
cliffgardner said:
I just received mine from Mobile Tech Videos and it worked as expected. Turned off SGSII, inserted JIG, download mode appeared, custom binary count is zero, removed, powered up phone and the yellow triangle is also gone.
Well worth the $9 even if you only use it in case you ever need to return or exchange the device.
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Thanks, I'll pick up one then.
dalavar said:
Just ordered my jig to reset the flash counter the only question I have been unable to find an answer to is whether or not I need to revert to stock before using the jig or can I use it with CM7 installed already?
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Should work regardless of what you have installed, and should not affect what you have installed in any way.
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I just tested and it worked with both the AT&T version and the i9100 as I have both.
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The JIG works on ALL Android cellphones which use and are compatible with Odin.
It does not matter if the phone is international or not.
got mine for 2 and 1/2 bucks free shipping, worked flawessly, i had to change booloader to older version
douglatins said:
got mine for 2 and 1/2 bucks free shipping, worked flawessly, i had to change booloader to older version
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Learned your lesson with that one?
dalavar said:
Just ordered my jig to reset the flash counter the only question I have been unable to find an answer to is whether or not I need to revert to stock before using the jig or can I use it with CM7 installed already?
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Works perfectly with CM7. My jig arrived today and took that silly triangle right off the screen. Easy peasy.... Painless.
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$1.29 for three resisters, some old blue painters tape, about five minutes of playing, triangle gone, counter reset....
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Hi Guys, I've recently discovered an issue where by my mic no longer functions! When making calls the listener on the other end can not hear me.
I've got hold of the sensation rom and updated via CWM but thats still not fixed the issue. Should I do a full restore via CWM?
Voice commands or any other voice app do not work and not able to hear anything neither.
Also if I were to restore everything back to factory settings do I just update with a samsung update(via Kies) or via CWM?
Nah you will need to restore stock in odin. Maybe try a factory reset first, even if you're on a custom rom. But it seems to me like your problem is hardware related.
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Tried a factory reset in CWM and its not put it into a boot loop! Shall I boot into download mode and restore stock with odin?
Also once restored to stock, am I safe to take it back and get it replaced? Will the fact that i've used a custom(with the counter now showing 2) affect my warranty?
Ok its now just in a constant boot loop of Samsung Galaxy SII animation!!! How do I recover it?
Ok fixed and back to stock and it still doesn't work guessing its a hardware issue!! Do I need to get a Jig to reset my counter or is there another way to sort it?
have it replaced
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Ok fixed and back to stock and it still doesn't work guessing its a hardware issue!! Do I need to get a Jig to reset my counter or is there another way to sort it?
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you can make a jig for $2. All you need is a usb, 301k resistors, or 3 100k resistors, or 2 150k, any way you can make 300k ohms of resistance, and some wire. heres a video tutorialthat i used to make mine. (where he solders the wire you can just do the "twist together method if theres no soldering iron available to you, but they are also only about 7 bucks at a local radioshack or electronic store and they are good to have around.)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jKRrTZayRxU
Erm I think I'll just buy one already made! I'm in the UK so will just grab one off ebay...was hoping there was a way to reset the counter without a Jig so could've just gone and got a replacement handset tomorrow instead of having to wait a few days for the Jig to arrive.
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Erm I think I'll just buy one already made! I'm in the UK so will just grab one off ebay...was hoping there was a way to reset the counter without a Jig so could've just gone and got a replacement handset tomorrow instead of having to wait a few days for the Jig to arrive.
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yeah, i know how it feels to wait, thats why i suggested making one, there is a way to reset it, just search the topic, i kow there a post in the at&t sgs2 forum, not sure if it applies here though. i made the jig in about 5 minutes so i thought it would be worth it for you, also, ive seen people buy jigs and have em not work, at least if you make it, you know what your getting! Did the searching for you, check this one out, maybe it'll help out, http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1311081
I was flashing the most recent ICS Rom via CWM and and in the middle of the flash, The screen went black. I **** my pants and then changed my underwear. I then tried to turn on the Phone and it does nothing. USB doesn't recognize, doesn't show any signs of life. The phone is 2 days old.
Ive been flashing since the HTC Hero and nothing like this has ever happened. Please advise.
Considering you list your network as Sprint, I'm going to make a guess that you don't have the I9100 and just hosed your device with firmware for the wrong device.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/forumdisplay.php?f=1281
have you tried to turn it on to download mode using the 3 button combination ?
I can assure you that I am on tmobile with their Galaxy S 2. The first phone i had was on sprint like 3 years ago. XDA hasn't caught up.
Ive tried VOL + and - and Power. No joy.
DrHero said:
I can assure you that I am on tmobile with their Galaxy S 2. The first phone i had was on sprint like 3 years ago. XDA hasn't caught up.
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You mean you haven't updated it, and to clarify, my guess still applies, as I still don't think you have an I9100 and have hosed your device.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/forumdisplay.php?f=1329
Go to download mode and flash a stock rom .
jje
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You mean you haven't updated it, and to clarify, my guess still applies, as I still don't think you have an I9100 and have hosed your device.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/forumdisplay.php?f=1329
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I can pull a sim card out of my phone that has a big PINK T on it. Yep i MUST be on sprint.... Can someone who wants to be helpful actually post.
I cant get the phone to do anything no download mode or anything. I'm thinking just return it i have the PHP plan and its brand new.
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Can someone who wants to be helpful actually post.
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I'll try and write this in big letters, because you're clearly not getting this.
YOU DO NOT HAVE AN I9100, YOU HAVE A SGH-T989.
GG.
Try vol- + home + power
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i tried to flash a rom and when it finished it turned off and now it wont turn back on. i have tried going into recovery and going into download mode and nothing. do you think a usbjig will work? or can i return it and just say the phone wont power back on?
update: if i plug it in to my computer i can hear the notification my computer gives when i plug in a usb device but the tome is different. its like a deeper tone.
anyone?????
So, you can get into recovery or no? Maybe look here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=27850974&postcount=7
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So, you can get into recovery or no? Maybe look here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=27850974&postcount=7
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no. i cant get into recovery nor into download mode. the screen shows nothing at all and the phone doesnt vibrate. i did the tmobile chat and she said they might need to exchange it but would take 7-10 business days. i didnt tell her it was rooted tho. i was hoping the usb jig would unbrick it. i have an old usb from my other phone. i already cut it and stripped it but i need a 300k resistor and radioshack doesnt open in 1 more hour.
i just checked device manager and if i plug in my device it shows QHSUSB_DLOAD with a yellow exclamation.
update: i installed some drivers i found online and it now shows as Qualcomm HS-USB QDLoader 9008 (com7) in device manager but odin wont recognize it still
so after doing the live chat with samsung and they wanted me to send them my phone to check it out and i had to wait 6-10 business days i went to my local tmobile store the guy tried to turn it on tried charging it and said to go back on wednesday because thats when they get them. so i am stuck with a loner phone.
That's a bummer...just curious...what ROM were you trying to flash?
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That's a bummer...just curious...what ROM were you trying to flash?
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I didn't know there was roms to flash yet
Then how'd it get bricked?
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http://rootgalaxys3iii.com/root-at-t-galaxy-s3/
Fixboot.tar just in case anything screws up when rooting. Saved some people's lives. Odin if anything happens to phone
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So how did u brick it?
worst case, take it back to tmobile tell them that it got really hot and turned off and wont power up. they wont check anything. just get a new one. and DONT FLASH ANYTHING UNTIL YOU READ UP ON IT! we are all using the Rooted stock rom. just chill out for now... ROMS WILL COME. this is the hottest phone on the market...
I thought Samsung phones were unbrickable. Is this sort of thing common or was it a bad unit?
fcortes626 said:
so after doing the live chat with samsung and they wanted me to send them my phone to check it out and i had to wait 6-10 business days i went to my local tmobile store the guy tried to turn it on tried charging it and said to go back on wednesday because thats when they get them. so i am stuck with a loner phone.
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Use the jig. I made one with parts from Radio Shack and it works on the S3.
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wiser212 said:
Use the jig. I made one with parts from Radio Shack and it works on the S3.
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You are wrong in this case because he hard bricked it, which is why he only sees the QHUSB_DLOAD mode.
That requires special software in order to flash, and we don't get access to it.
Lantek23 said:
I didn't know there was roms to flash yet
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avataranjie said:
Then how'd it get bricked?
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i tried the cm9 fro international and changed the buildprop and bootimg
avataranjie said:
http://rootgalaxys3iii.com/root-at-t-galaxy-s3/
Fixboot.tar just in case anything screws up when rooting. Saved some people's lives. Odin if anything happens to phone
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odin wont find my phone
dasistsparta said:
So how did u brick it?
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flashed an international rom
Radsolutionz said:
worst case, take it back to tmobile tell them that it got really hot and turned off and wont power up. they wont check anything. just get a new one. and DONT FLASH ANYTHING UNTIL YOU READ UP ON IT! we are all using the Rooted stock rom. just chill out for now... ROMS WILL COME. this is the hottest phone on the market...
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yea i went yesterday and just said it wont turn on. he tried it and plugged it into the power outlet and nothing. he just said they dont get their shipments until wednesday(tomorrow) so i guess they will exchange it. good thing it was on warranty still. im guessing samsung wont be able to tell it was rooted since they cant access it and they will just reflash it and sell it as refurbished or something right?
wiser212 said:
Use the jig. I made one with parts from Radio Shack and it works on the S3.
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i was going to try it but it didnt work out lol. all the pins fell. i also read it wont work with devices that have a blank screen
Hunt3r.j2 said:
You are wrong in this case because he hard bricked it, which is why he only sees the QHUSB_DLOAD mode.
That requires special software in order to flash, and we don't get access to it.
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yup. i got qpst to see it but i dont know how to use that software so ill just wait until tomorrow. it was just some videos and pics i wanted to pull from the sd card. oh and i noticed the back cover was scratched so i want a new one lol. mus of happened when the tmobile guy got it out of the box and set it on the counter cuz i had a zagg cover all arround it. but oh well. i was the first to brick the s3 lol and that was the first phone i ever hard bricked. lesson learned haha
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I thought Samsung phones were unbrickable. Is this sort of thing common or was it a bad unit?
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An unbrickable phone does not exist. The closest to unbrickable as you can get is an iPhone. But it can be bricked if you try hard enough I'm sure. Strapping an m80 to my iPhone seemed to do the trick as well
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unbrickable phones do exist, almost all samsung galaxy phones are capable of getting the "unbrickable mod" which is a hardware modification that enables the phone to be re-flashed without working bootloaders. but unbrickable out of the box, no.
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An unbrickable phone does not exist. The closest to unbrickable as you can get is an iPhone. But it can be bricked if you try hard enough I'm sure. Strapping an m80 to my iPhone seemed to do the trick as well
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isnt the captivate unbrickable?
i read somewhere that there are some phones that boot from the sd card first and that those are unbrickable.
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isnt the captivate unbrickable?
i read somewhere that there are some phones that boot from the sd card first and that those are unbrickable.
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I believe there are some that are very difficult to brick such as a setup that boots from sd like you mentioned. Regardless of how difficult it is to brick, there is always some idiot out there that will do the impossible
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I saw this on Ebay.. http://www.ebay.com/itm/NEW-MICRO-U...1168&pid=100033&prg=1011&rk=2&#ht_2115wt_1256 Don't know if it work. Maybe those guys who brick their S3 can try?
Thats pretty sweet. It would be good to have one for just in case...... If it works.
Doesn't reset the counter yet for SGSIII
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All Jigs do the same , bring you to the download mode if your phone not completely bricked, nothing more there is nothing special about S3 Jig , just marketing. If you have old Jig from GS1 days that will work also.
Just used the jig I have for the SE4GT, but it's not resetting the binary count on my Sprint S3, even though it does bring it to download.
I tried it after reading Chainfire's jig 1st recommendation.
I'll now install Triangle Away.
I'm on Build number ending in LG2
Triangle Away by Chainfire works perfectly!
I purchased it from the Market to support the Developer, even though you can dl it for free.
Hi Team,
Last night my phone battery level was at 10% and i plugged it into the wall charger. it was working (am sure abt that) and i checked few mail, FB etc and went to sleep.
today morning, i when i checked the phone, it was shwoing the boot screen where its showing GT-1900 (in white font) and when i pressed the home button, it went away.
then, i tried to boot my phone, but it was not booting...i kept in the charger for another 2 hours, nothing worked. i placed a new battery, still the phone didnt come up...i kept the phone for 5-6 hours idle by removing battery, sim, sd card and tried again , no joy.
i tried the three button combination to get it into the download mode or recovery mode, that also not working....
but when charging, the phone is hot as normal...
any idea what could be the case?...anyway i ordered a USB jig from ebay....
my phone is JB and its international version...not rooted, no custom ROMs etc..
any help is much appreciated.
Strange!
Let's what a Jig can do then..
Does it heat up around the camera when charging?
"To err is human, to forgive is divine"
Sent from my SGS II
You're gonna need some help for this, so go get a friend, gf, parent, brother, sister or whoever.
Take the battery out, press the download combo, tell your helper to insert the battery back. See if you can get to DL mode.
At least you'll get something to try till the jig arrives.
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Now that's really strange....I've never heard about anything like this.Do you have your warranty?Because if it's stock,they will repair it.
Yes, its hot near the camera area....am expecting my jig to arrive sometime tomorrow.....
GamingDj said:
Now that's really strange....I've never heard about anything like this.Do you have your warranty?Because if it's stock,they will repair it.
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No, i am out of warranty.....
smilingcruel said:
No, i am out of warranty.....
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Then you'll have to wait for your jig to arrive.If that doesn't work either,then you will have to try a JTAG.
Jtagging is unlikely to work, all of this suggests faulty hardware.
But hey, the OP's got nothing to lose.
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Jtagging is unlikely to work, all of this suggests faulty hardware.
But hey, the OP's got nothing to lose.
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Oh no..dont say that...SGS2 is my life...it was difficult for me to buy that phone back in 2011, i saved every month like 3-4 months to buy that...
anyway, i am hoping that jig will save my sweetie....(also am praying to god also)....hope for the best.....
also i saved few bucks for buying a S4 also and one mobile shop agreed to take it for $120 ... is that a fair enough price for my SGS2???
I'd pay up to $200 and I'd never sell it.
So I guess you could fight $150.
First off, get it to work again, otherwise you would be selling a donor phone.
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Ok....so from what I've read, you have no recovery and no download modes?.....
When you plug the charger in, do you get the "battery charging" indicator on the screen?
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Ok....so from what I've read, you have no recovery and no download modes?.....
When you plug the charger in, do you get the "battery charging" indicator on the screen?
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No, am not seeing anything...
today i got my usb jig and that also didnt worked...
but when i plug in the charger, the area around the camera is hot as usual.....
is my motherboard gone? i tried different options but nothing worked....
No recovery
No download
No battery indication when plugged in......
From what I've read in other parts of this forum, I'm sorry to say that it appears that your phone is about as dead as it's possible to get.....
What country do you live in?....
In the EU, we get a 2 year warranty from Samsung....I'd explore that route first.....
If you don't get anywhere that way, then the last three options are.....
1) JTAG
2) Replace parts with a donor phone
3) Buy a new phone
Option one....probably won't work
Option two....feasible....if you're confident with that sort of work....and a damn site cheaper than option three.........
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Yes, its hot near the camera area....am expecting my jig to arrive sometime tomorrow.....
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Yes I believe that's the problem of the new update. I updated my galaxy s2 to official jelly bean, I was having tons of problems. When I connected the charger for charging, it was actually discharging and the phone would get heated up very much. The reason being is when I bought the phone I had 2.3.4 then updated to 2.3.6 then 4 then 4.1. In official updates we don't clear caches which may lead to such problems. That's when I decided to root my phone. I am using custom rom now.
I recommend you to take your phone to samsung care rather than doing anything on your own. If you're not on warranty they will charge you few bucks for the repair. More importantly you will get to know about the problem. If the problem is with the hardware, you can't do anything by yourself, that's why I recommend you to go to samsung care. When you get it repaired, root it and have your custom rom installed. You won't regret. Hope I was helpful.
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There's nothing wrong with upgrading to JB, if you look closely you'll see that we (people who know at least a little of how our device works) never experience any of all these issues users keep posting.
They'd always keep some info to themselves and that info is always a f*#k up.
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